6/4/05 Datafile update Datafiles are constantly updated; I also updated the main download with the latest ones, but everyone should be updating frequently.

12/10/04 You know, there have been lots of updates to the data files. I’m aware of some problems with the folder tree, so I’ll try to fix them when I can; for now, if it acts weird then restarting usually does the trick. Anyway, I just did a big update - get the datafiles manually, or use the in-program update to check which are needed. I also updated the datafiles in the main download, just to be helpful.

6/11/02 Another datafile update I accidentally missed a few little things out of the last one.

4/11/02 Datafile update (I’m still not dead!) Use the update feature in the program to find what you need to update, or get the files manually from here.

22/4/02 Datafile update Use the update feature in the program to find what you need to update, or get the files manually from here.

15/4/02 0.8 Icons now change when you change system; increased the file buffer from 2KB to 1MB, for a speed increase; improved zip scanning code; added a button to rename roms inside zips; added a button/menu item to test zips; upgraded toolbar so now you can move and resize stuff; reorganised Options menu a bit; window now remembers if it was maximised or minimised; update feature handles failure to open the browser better; improved highlighting code to avoid small scrolling; increased information shown in statusbar; fixed a bug in the unzipping code; fixed various minor and cosmetic bugs; you can now double-click on a rom to open it

1/3/02 Data file update - use the update menu item in the program

19/2/02 I’m not dead! I need beta testers for my secret new feature. Please email me if you are able to help.

25/9/01 0.76 Fixed bug where read-only zips would not be deleted after unzipping; improved zip error handling, thanks to Azul for suggesting I see what corrupted zips do; fixed a bug when changing the extension of the file inside a zipfile; added activity logging; made readme window non-modal so you can keep it open and continue to use the rest of the program; added an option to have bigger, captioned buttons; fixed a bug where certain wrong file extensions were sometimes incorrectly included; executable is now UPX compressed; added various new roms

1/9/01 0.75a Fixed a bug which could cause the previous version to hang in some circumstances

1/9/01 0.75 Fixed “Properties” routines from the popup menu; speeded up “What you don’t have” listing; worked a lot on new format lists; added “Work in background” button; right-click popup menu is much faster now; added various new releases; first “new” data files added

14/8/01 0.74a Fixed a bug which caused [Translation] to appear on the “what you don’t have” list when it shouldn’t.

11/8/01 0.74 Changed data file field separator to tab to allow commas in names in future; fixed a bug where renaming would report the wrong number of renames when more than one pass is needed; removing roms no longer leaves unusable buttons enabled; replaced some old and buggy code that could cause problems before; you can now run all operations (rename, etc) on just the selected roms, using the popup menu; fix operation will now fix roms with the wrong extension; first steps towards data file extensibility, which will allow adding of data for new formats without needing a new program; fixed online update page which turned out not to work properly; added the “new” GoodCol dumps, which were again mis-classified; made a minor tweak which should make scanning a bit faster

18/7/01 0.73 Added online update checking facility; added a load of wrong-extension roms; added multi-pass renaming; fixed a bug where the Filename column could be wrong after a Move operation

16/7/01 Another update with the latest SMS Power releases and some minor fixes

9/7/01 And another data file update, I’ve been getting plenty of information from you guys recently :)

8/7/01 Another data file update; and it’s my birthday :)

7/7/01 Data file update

2/7/01 0.72b Removed hacks and demos from the what-you-don’t-have listing. Really, there’s no point to them, the hacks are stupid and the demos aren’t games; added the necessary roms to again surpass GoodGG and GoodCol, including fix data for bad dumps; updated with Meka name changes again; I’m looking for help clearing up the Colecovision dumps - most have signs of being overdumped and/or bad dumps. I may include overdump fixing in a later version. Email me if you can help...

27/6/01 0.72a Added the various roms necessary to again surpass GoodSMS; note that most were mis-classified by Cowering; as usual I forgot to update the version number in the program last time

24/6/01 0.72 Updated for Meka 0.57 name tweaks; added two GGFTP GG baseball games, two Chuck Rock 2 dumps and some bad and wrong extension SMS roms; fixed the mouseover hint on the Move button; Listview popup hints now wrap if possible to avoid going out of the window (and potentially offscreen); renamed Filename column to Location, so I could add a Filename column which contains no path information, as requested by Bock; reclassified Mortal Kombat [B] after giving Bock the cartridge to redump; improved “remove from list” code a lot - duplicates are now reclassified if necessary, fixed a bug where the same file could appear twice; started referring to Zoop as Bock, just to confuse matters; added GG Last Action Hero

7/2/01 0.63 Overdump names improved; speeded up CRC code; reclassified the bad Street Fighter dumps as bad; revamped interface; replaced all code that used to create batch files with in-program code; carefully tweaked code so re-scans are no longer required; added status bar and progress bar; added options for new functions - what to do after working on roms, whether to delete duplicates to the recycle bin; updated the readme a lot due to the new interface and functionality

14/12/00 0.61 Fixed a bug, changed batch filenames to more useful long names, changed INI filename, no more helper.exe.

13/12/00 0.6 Meka 0.55 released, so I can finally release SMS Checker 0.6. Fixed bug where you couldn’t use root folders as favourites; fixed bug where folders with the System attribute didn’t show up; duplicates listbox now highlights the most recently added duplicate; when renaming, extensions are now converted to lowercase instead of staying the same as the original file; reinstated commandline support; re-wrote readme.txt; changed to Windows native unsizable window style; added more roms; updated names to Meka 0.55′s meka.nam.

10/10/00 Added several more roms; settings are now saved to an INI file; you can now keep the various tools (SMSFix, etc) in any folder; you can now batch zip your roms; added favourite folders popup menu; added full zip support for external programs.

6/10/00 Lots of new rom data - now more than GoodXXX; keyboard shortcuts.

30/8/00 I got Netscape. Man, it sucks. Anyway, I made modifications to these pages so they look right in Netscape. By modifications I mean I fixed all the times when a NS bug makes it forget the font it’s supposed to be using, and removed the bits NS won’t render properly. Believe me, I spent hours trying to make them work. Roll on NS6.

25/8/00 Added stuff, fixed stuff. Can’t be bothered to update everything, GG support is much better.